Grain-cleaner.



@MZNKZZW W'W PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

c. A. WRIGHT. GRAIN ULBANERV APPLIOATIOKIIILBD MAY 4, 1907 INVENTOR ilk . i v hziuaiiorl l'rmn the 11 mar ozlri; oi the oaslrw i 4 l 1 GRAIT-CLEANER.

Application filed May 4;,

To ('LZZ 11 /1 am it 1/105 conch/'22.: l

Bo itknown that l, CHARLES Arum: VYRKGH'I, ii citizen of tho l'niiril r'iiiiirs, rrsiding; at hicz'igo; in the. (ouniy of (look and Shite of Illinois, have ll'l'flflllf-(l voriziin new and uso nl linprovonrents in lruiii-illonnors, of which the follow 2'1 -il)i'r'il i('fliii ll.

My invmilion ru ms to grain (hi-Liners mill psirticul:n'ly in that type in whir-h tho grain J is'sprsrid out; and oxpogod to a. cleaning blast of air. The invention has For ifs objocls; to provide 23, clminor ol' rompm-t i'orm whvrein n. more complete cleaning of the grain ,isl secured than has heretofore been done; to l in'rrmi-so the annuity of clminors of ii given l size; and finally to, provirlv a wry compo-cl zippnrii-tus wherein ii region-toil r-lvnning of tho gmin by the air blast is svvrirvil. One form v of the invention is shown in the rw'oinpnny- I ing' drawing, whorein- The figure is a longitudinal SF-l'illill through the apparatus. I The construction lwreimiiior described l constitutes an improvement on the. structure shown in mypenrling up limtion No 306,300, and it will he found i rat the :irrnngonmni i of parts is suhsii'iniizilly the sumo with tho exception of tho moans for introducing the i air blasi and sprmul ir. whirh in the orcsoni i device in 51) arranged as to secure a plurality oi passages of tho incoming blasts of airi through the short of grain passing over tho l spreader, 1

The casing is composed of two parts. 22, l hooil 1, and a conical hoppor 2, spaced. apart at I) whvrrhy ii blast of air Lrnnsversvly of the dvvico is smrurorl when air is HXlHLUSiAd from t-ho upprr port oi" the casing. The air is oX- by moons oi"? tho usual i'zm -1 proririml with pipv :3 lvm'ling to the nppvr portion of th s casing, and ,q":iii1 iirlinit-rrrl oppositv tho spreader by 22mins of tho chute 6. Tho! sprmulor which is disposed beneath tho (lids oi i, ll( rhutr (S, oomprisvi; two parts, which may he. rvrmril rvsprotivvly, tho primi-iryi siprmilrr, :ino' rho secondary spri-wulor. Tho prinniry spreader 7 is oi the usual oonirnl hypo, and is sripportod from tho ismonrlziry sprozulcr i; by moans of straps 9 riwtml to i tn i-Wu port's Th5 secondary sprondor is in {he form of a hollow trnncnborl cone, :1 ml has E its upper ifflg-fi siiiirii iiiiiinlly bolovi' the: lower A Specification of Lot of tinit pnsr ziDIPtliiil h, and portion o1" 1hr- :iir irlni'li passes up I ol'grnin l'zil l livtwi-vri j pausing having on opi-ning for the 1 15 by the an as the lovvor edge of tho rim othrr (loaning g n 1 a ry pron i er or also pIOXqCiPS 21 means oi: osmpv 1hr coin? swv l. into the cent-rial portion of Hm raising by hlasfi of :iir from i. in the tho opvning 3 passing the grain as it falls from tlir loin-r Mi o of 'lhr construction for n ilonhlv {al n ring: of tho grain and. our mils, of z: from 'iipv of the chi-iii voila-Mimi in the secondary the s Ui'riliil-I. in; i1 wrw possible where the old typo ofiiniirin usr-ri.

liming rural illiisirzitod h V i and rlosiro to si' f' lli' i intent is the followin l in comhimr'iou, in :i grain simmer,

of il-il illifil'lllbdliiifl its ends, a spreader in tho form of n, holiow trunc cone with iis low-r1 vilgu w ljiicont he open ing, 21. prinwryconirzrl spreader with its lower rrlgo in posi ion 10 iliSUllIl r510 grain upon the sur- Price of the soconiinry .sgn'r-ziilr-r and spaced thi-rrnhovc for rho pass-ago of air, an auxiliary :iir tulw loading l hri'ingh thronsing and be:- nvntli lhc sproinir-rs for :iugmrniing the arr-n the son-odors, moans for mlwilting grain upon tho primnr r sprmdvi' and mo; US for (il'ilWlllfZ air from tho upper purl ol' i-ho: ing.

2. in combination. in a grain olozlnrr a, casing; having an opening for rho admission oi air, liliillil((ll2ill, iis Mills. :1 s (:oi1ilzii sprmulvr \i'iih iis vilgr rlrljnflin the opening. a prinmr' Hm'mli-r with its oulur iklgi' in posiiioo io (i harm grain upon {hr "lll'iih'i thus provides ml [110 secondary sprvudvr, and, spas-ml Hume- Zl])()\'(' for the pussugv of air, mi auxiliary ail lulw lmlding to 1110 casing and hvnvatli the .HPHHLIUI'S for angnwnting tho draft lwtwoen lhv SPI'HHILIS, 1]](21115 I'm admitting grain upun the. prinmry spi'vndv-r, and llilillls for drawing air from the upper part of the casing.

In tvstiniony wlwreof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

CHARLES ALLEN WRIGIIT.

Witnesses:

PAUL CARPENTER, JAMES. NICHOLAS LORENZ. 

